Most Tahoe ski resorts were either closed Sunday (Dec. 26) due to power outages or for safety precautions resulting from severe weather conditions. Extreme weather conditions Sunday morning shut down 11 Tahoe ski resorts, including Palisades Tahoe, Kirkwood, Northstar, Sugar Bowl, Mt. Rose, Homewood and Boreal. SEE LATEST TAHOE SNOW REPORT BELOW Blizzard-like conditions and […]
Snow totals soaring at Tahoe ski resorts
Superstitious snow dances are no longer needed. Tahoe ski resorts have been getting pounded with snow, so much that locals probably wouldn’t mind it stopping for the remainder of the Christmas holidays. However, snow subsiding through the end of 2021 has about as much chance of happening as people resorting back to snow dancing, a […]
Ford’s new plug-in hybrid Escape
Ford is now offering lots of diversity when it comes to purchasing the popular Escape. An SUV with a strong history of success, the Escape arrived in 2020 with a redesign and the addition of a hybrid version Ford was also supposed to add a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) last year, but for a variety of […]
Ski with Santa at Tahoe ski resorts
Are you looking to make a few turns with Santa Claus during the Christmas holidays at Tahoe ski resorts? Getting that Christmas wish granted is possible, at least at three Tahoe ski resorts. Heavenly, Sugar Bowl and Tahoe Donner will feature Santa on the mountain and available to skiers and snowboarders. This time of year, […]
Tahoe safety tips for driving in snow
The Christmas holidays have arrived at Tahoe ski resorts and so has the snow – lots of it. Tahoe ski resorts received 4 to 8½ feet of snow from last week’s storms and are expected to get pounded again this week with some forecasters predicting up to 9 feet of new snow by the time […]
Christmas skiing at Tahoe ski resorts
Although prospects looked bleak two weeks ago, all is well this holiday week at Tahoe ski resorts, where lifts will be full operation for Christmas skiing. On Saturday (Dec. 18), Tahoe Donner became the last of 13 Tahoe ski resorts to open for the 2021-22 season. And thanks to generous amounts of snow and more […]
White Christmas at Tahoe ski resorts
It’s going to be a white Christmas this year at Lake Tahoe ski resorts. How white, you ask? Extremely white. Weather forecasters are predicting between 4 to 8 feet of snow falling, starting Tuesday evening and running through Saturday – Christmas Day. After having virtually no snow throughout the month of November and a third […]
All Tahoe ski resorts now open
Although the start of ski season looked bleak a week ago, it only took a subsequent six days for every Tahoe ski resort to open with considerable terrain for skiers and snowboarders. On Saturday (Dec. 18), Tahoe Donner became the last of 12 Tahoe ski resorts to begin running lifts. That’s fantastic news heading into […]
Heavenly opens additional terrain
An abundance of snow this week has allowed Heavenly Mountain ski resort to open considerable terrain Saturday (Dec. 18) for skiers and snowboarders. Heavenly reports it has 51-percent of its mountain open after expanding its terrain Saturday. It received 10 inches of new snow overnight Thursday and 56 inches from the storms that began Sunday […]
Mt. Rose pummeled with 8 1/2 feet snow
The snow keeps piling up at Mt. Rose ski resort, which has received a staggering 8½ feet from this week’s storms. Snow resumed Wednesday afternoon in the Lake Tahoe region and by Thursday morning Mt. Rose had accumulated another 2 feet of snow. The 102 total inches this week is by far the most snow […]